Announcement by Energy Minister of New and Comprehensive Energy Reforms across the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Authored by: Bahamas Information Services
Source: Ministry of Energy and Transport
Date: June 10, 2024

Minister of Energy and Transport, the Hon. JoBeth Coleby-Davis announced new, nation-wide energy reforms at the Office of the Prime Minister, June 10, 2024.

Minister Coleby-Davis relayed that the specific reforms included, in summary:
Building of utility-scale solar power in the Family Islands
Expansion of solar projects on New Providence
Modernization of the Electricity Grid and Transmission and Distribution Network for New Providence, through a partnership between BPL and Island Grid
Transforming Energy Generation through LNGImplementation in New Providence
Equity Rate Adjustment

Please  click to see the Minister's Remarks 


Energy Committee Group Photo, from left: Errol Davis - BPL Board of Director; Shevonne Cambridge - BPL CEO; Minister - Hon. JoBeth Coleby-Davis; Prime Minister and Minister of Finance - Hon. Philip Davis; Minister Michael Halkitis; OPM Senior Policy Advisor - Jerome Fitzgerald; and OPM Permanent Secretary - Creswell Sturrup.

  

 

(BIS Photos/Anthon Thompson)

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